Enrollment
160
Elementary
DISTRICT 297 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRINITY AREA SD·NCES 422376000141
Trinity South Elementary School
2500 S Main Street Ext, Washington, PA 15301 · (724) 225-7490 · Washington County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL160 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
128 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 38 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 28% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 21% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Trinity Area SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
79.4%
PA avg 51.1% . +7.8pp since 2023
Math
88.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +15.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.4% | 88.2% |
| 2023-24 | 71.6% | 72.3% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
78.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+35.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 35 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Trinity South Elementary School
Trinity South Elementary School's state test result (78.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity South Elementary School this school | 160 | 80.0% | 78.7% |
| Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School Confluence | 135 | 77.0% | 21.8% |
| Blossburg Elementary School Blossburg | 194 | 74.2% | 38.4% |
| Pleasantville Elementary School Pleasantville | 201 | 76.6% | 54.8% |
| Early Childhood Learning Center Titusville | 202 | 85.1% | N/A |
| Renovo Elementary School Renovo | 155 | 91.0% | 62.8% |
Matched among Pennsylvania elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Trinity South Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #134 of 1,396 | #6 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.2% | #25 of 1,511 ▲ 179 | #4 of 25 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #72 of 1,511 ▲ 217 | #4 of 25 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 160 | #1,577 of 1,638 | #26 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.0% | #699 of 1,600 | #7 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.8% | #29 of 1,045 | #1 of 16 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
160
-117 (-42%) vs 2020
-53% since 2000-01, when it was 341
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 13.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 160 | 16.8 | 9.5:1 | 80% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 271 | 25.5 | 10.7:1 | 47% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 255 | 27.7 | 9.2:1 | 41% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 277 | 21 | 13.2:1 | 31% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 275 | 21.9 | 12.6:1 | 40% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 306 | 22 | 13.9:1 | 35% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 281 | 26 | 10.8:1 | 28% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 341 | 21 | 16.2:1 | 22% (75) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Trinity South Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (275 to 160); teachers down 23% (21.9 to 16.8).
About Trinity South Elementary School
Trinity South Elementary School is a small elementary school in Washington, Pennsylvania, under Trinity Area SD. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 3, with 160 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Pennsylvania average about 443 students.
Trinity Area SD has 7 schools and 3,300 students, and Trinity South Elementary School is one of those schools.
The student body at Trinity South Elementary School is 94% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 4% multiracial. That is close to the 90% White share among all Washington County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 12% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 16.8 full-time positions, a ratio of 9.5:1. That is lower than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 80%. The 49% average for public schools in Washington County is 31 points lower.
Trinity South Elementary School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 97% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Trinity South Elementary School is in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools: 78.7% actual against 43.3% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Washington County, the median household income is $78,958, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. There are 56 public schools in Washington County, enrolling about 26,079 students in all.
The closest other public school is Washington Park Elementary School, about 3.9 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Trinity South Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
In 2020-21, federal data counted 277 students at Trinity South Elementary School; in 2024-25, 160. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. The school's ratio fell from 13.2:1 to 9.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Trinity South Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,042
Census ACS
Median income
$78,958
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
26,079 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Trinity Area SD
- Trinity SHSHigh · 1,054 students
- Trinity Middle SchoolMiddle · 759 students
- Trinity Intermediate SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Trinity West Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Trinity East Elementary SchoolElementary · 257 students
- Trinity North Elementary SchoolElementary · 232 students
Other schools in Washington
- Trinity SHSHigh · 1,054 students
- Washington Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 864 students
- Trinity Middle SchoolMiddle · 759 students
- Trinity Intermediate SchoolElementary · 535 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 387 students
- Trinity West Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Park Elementary School3.9 mi · 864
- Trinity Middle School3.9 mi · 759
- Trinity Intermediate School3.9 mi · 535
- Trinity SHS4.2 mi · 1,054
- Trinity West Elementary School4.2 mi · 303
- Joe Walker Elementary School4.4 mi · 199
Frequently asked questions
About Trinity South Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Trinity South Elementary School?
Trinity South Elementary School enrolls approximately 160 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does Trinity South Elementary School serve?
Trinity South Elementary School serves grades KG-03.
How many teachers does Trinity South Elementary School have?
Trinity South Elementary School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Trinity South Elementary School?
Student demographics at Trinity South Elementary School are roughly 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Trinity South Elementary School in?
Trinity South Elementary School is part of Trinity Area SD.
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